SOLICITATION, DIRECT OR INDIRECT. A member should not solicit
professional employment by circulars or advertisements, or by personal communications or
interviews not warranted by personal relations, or endeavor to procure such employment
through touters of any kind, whether allied real estate firms or trust companies
advertising to secure the drawing of deeds or wills, or offering retainers in exchange for
executorships or trusteeships to be influenced by a member. Indirect advertisements for
professional employment such as furnishing or inspiring newspaper comments about causes in
which the member is engaged or the importance of the member's position, and all other like
self-laudation should be avoided.